Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds is a senior reporter based in Asia. Sam was part of the CoinDesk team that won the 2023 Gerald Loeb award in the breaking news category for coverage of FTX's collapse. Prior to CoinDesk, he was a reporter with Blockworks and a semiconductor analyst with IDC.

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Policy

Floki Team Responds to Hong Kong Regulator Warning

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission labeled Floki and its staking program a suspicious investment product.

Credit: Pixabay

Markets

Polymarket Traders See 55% Chance of Second Trump Presidency

Trump recently won the first two Republican Party primaries.

(NIPYATA!/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Has Broken BTC's Pandemic-Era Price Correlation With Luxury Watches

Crypto prices have decoupled from prices for luxury watches, ending a prolonged positive correlation caused by unprecedented monetary stimulus.

(Agê Barros/Unsplash)

Markets

dYdX Foundation Requests $30M Budget, Pledges to Issue Annual Spending Report

The Foundation wants to preserve an 18-month runway through at least mid-2026.

(Unsplash)

Tech

OKX Starts Inscription Support for Atomicals, Stamps, Runes and Doginals

OKX says wallet support is coming first, with a marketplace to follow

DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)

Finance

Swiss Crypto Bank Sygnum Inches Closer to 'Unicorn' Status With $40M Raise

The company said that its initial target for the funding round was $35 million.

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Policy

Trump Reiterates Anti-CBDC Stance, Credits Vivek Ramaswamy for Policy Guidance

The Republican frontrunner credited former candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for the policy.

Donald Trump (CSPAN Screenshot)

Markets

Bitcoin Unphased by China's Stimulus Plan

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and the CSI 300 both responded to Beijing's plan to reboot China's domestic stock market, but bitcoin remains in the red.

16:9 Crop: Shanghai, China (Li Yang / Unsplash)

Policy

Terraform Labs Declares Bankruptcy in Delaware

Terraform Labs recently lost a case when a U.S. judge ruled that LUNA and MIR are securities, and is currently facing a class action lawsuit in Singapore.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

He Exposed Harvard President's Plagiarism, Then Lost Money Betting on the Story

Are prediction markets the future of investigative journalism? Maybe, says Chris Brunet, whose reporting led to Claudine Gay's resignation – though he's yet to profit from his scoops.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Pamela Nadell, Professor of History and Jewish Studies at American University, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)